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Regime change and ethnic politics in Indonesia; Dayak politics of West Kalima…
When the Indonesian New Order regime fell in 1998, regional politics with strong ethnic content emerged across the country. In West Kalimantan the predominant feature was particularly that of the Dayaks. This surge, however, was not unprecedented. After centuries of occupying a subordinate place in the political and social hierarchy under the nominal rule of the Malay sultanates, Dayaks became …
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- xiv, 461 p.; 22 cm.
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- VERHANDELINGENVAN HET KONINKLIJK INSTITUUTVOOR TAAL-, LAND- EN VOLKENKUNDE278
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- 959.8 TAN r
Visual texts, ceremonial texts, texts of exploration : collected articles on …
Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration continues the work begun in Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule, which analyzed the interplay between the symbolic representations of Russian monarchs and the legal and institutional instruments of their rule. The articles in this volume examine the texts that, through various media, revealed the myths and scenarios conveying the goals …
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- 9781618113474
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- XV, 442 p,
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- Imperial Encounters in Russian History
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- 947.05 WOR v
China dreams
"The year 2019 marked a number of significant anniversaries for the People’s Republic of China (PRC), each representing different ‘Chinese dreams’. There was the centennial of the May Fourth Movement — a dream of patriotism and cultural renewal. The PRC celebrated its seventieth anniversary — a dream of revolution and national strength. It was also thirty years since the student-led P…
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- 9781760463731
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- 328 p.; 22 cm.
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- 814.18 CHI c
The e-Government development discourse : analysing contemporary and future gr…
research agenda for e-Government. When e-Government was first conceived, it was designed upon basic technologies where the emphasis was only on the simple display of government information for citizens to read. Nowadays, e-Government design comprises many complicated modules such as upload and download consoles, two-way interaction consoles between citizens and government agents, integrated gov…
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- 9781928396574
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- XXVII, 296 p.
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- 352.3802854678 EGO e
Swiss public administration : making the state work successfully
Swiss citizens approve of their government and the way democracy is practiced; they trust the authorities and are satisfied with the range of services Swiss governments provide. This is quite unusual when compared to other countries. This open access book provides insight into the organization and the functioning of the Swiss state. It claims that, beyond politics, institutions and public admin…
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- 9783319923819
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- xxix, 384p. : ill.
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- 320.6 SWI s
Architecture and the novel under the Italian fascist regime
Architecture and the Novel under the Italian Fascist Regime discusses the relationship between the novel and architecture during the Fascist period in Italy (1922-1943). By looking at two profoundly diverse aesthetic phenomena within the context of the creation of a Fascist State art, Billiani and Pennacchietti argue that an effort of construction, or reconstruction, was the main driving force …
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- 9783030194284
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- xviii, 229p. : ill.
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- 853.9109 BIL a
Wellbeing and devolution : reframing the role of government in Scotland, Wale…
It has been over twenty years since the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland voted for devolution. Over that time, the devolved legislatures have established themselves and matured their approach to governance. At different times and for different reasons, each has put wellbeing at the heart of their approach – codifying their values and goals within wellbeing frameworks. This open …
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- 9783030022303
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- xiii, 165p. : ill.
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- 320.80941 WAL w
Network propaganda : manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in Amer…
"Is social media destroying democracy? Are Russian propaganda or ""Fake news"" entrepreneurs on Facebook undermining our sense of a shared reality? A conventional wisdom has emerged since the election of Donald Trump in 2016 that new technologies and their manipulation by foreign actors played a decisive role in his victory and are responsible for the sense of a ""post-truth"" moment in which d…
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- 9780190923624
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- IX, 462 p.
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- 324.9730932 BEN n
Society, law, and culture in the Middle East : "modernities" in the making
Society, Law, and Culture in the Middle East: “Modernities” in the Making is an edited volume that seeks to deepen and broaden our understanding of various forms of change in Middle Eastern and North African societies during the Ottoman period. It offers an in-depth analysis of reforms and gradual change in the longue durée, challenging the current discourse on the relationship between soc…
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- 176 p.
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- 956.03 TOL s
Social media activism: water as a common good
This book focuses on the referendums against water privatisation in Italy and explores how activists took to social media, ultimately convincing twenty-seven million citizens to vote. Investigating the relationship between social movements and internet-related activism during complex campaigns, this book examines how a technological evolution-the increased relevance of social media platforms-af…
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- 9789048529193
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- 245p.: ill.
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- Protest and social movement
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- 302.23 CER s
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